The Transfiguration of the Lord

Dan. 7:9-10.13-14, 2 Pet. 1:16-19, Lk. 9:28-36. On this day we celebrate the great feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, recalling the moment when the Lord Jesus Christ, was revealed in His divine and Heavenly glory on Mount Tabor before three of His Apostles, Peter, James and John. At that moment, the two greatest among the Lord’s servants from the time of the Old Testament, Moses and Elijah appeared at Mount Tabor and talked with Jesus. Moses represented the Law which God had first revealed through him in the Books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. Moses was symbolic of God’s saving help and grace for His people, as He led His people out of Egypt from their slavery into freedom.

While Elijah was among the greatest of many prophets of the Old Testament, who proclaimed the truth of God and called the people to repent and turn away from their sins, to reject the pagan idols of Baal and other Canaanite false gods and embrace Yahweh, their one and only true God. The three Apostles are the representatives of humanity, witnessed who Jesus truly is, as a person fully God and fully Man united in His person. The Transfiguration prefigures what will happen to us in the end, when we remain faithful and committed to the Lord, as He will glorify us and our whole existence, in the body and spirit to be glorified and exalted just as Christ has been glorified and exalted at Mount Tabor. In the Transfiguration, we see in Christ the reflection of our own future glorious self. The Lord, through His Transfiguration, has shown us that through Him, we can once again be wholesome.

May the Lord continue to guide us on our journey in life and bless us so that we may strive to be ever faithful despite the challenges and obstacles of our daily living! Amen!! Good morning and have a great day!!!